1 Samuel 24 | Bible Study Questions
Observation
What does it say?
- What characters are mentioned and how are they described?
- Why was David hiding in a cave?
- Why did Saul go into the cave?
- What repetitions do you notice and what do they tell us?
- How did Saul respond to what David did?
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean?
- Compare and contrast Saul and David here.
- How do they respond to the pressure from other men?
- How do you see David's humility in this chapter?
- Do you think David sinned in what he did? Why or why not?
- What do we learn about God in this chapter?
- What parts of this story point to Jesus and what He's done for us on the cross?
APPLICATION
How should it change us?
- What does it look like for us to "trust in the Lord's judgement and vengeance today?
- Are there ways that you are tempted to take justice into your own hands? (at work, while driving, etc.)
- Why is it so tempting to want to punish people ourselves or to take vengeance ourselves?
- What would it look like to trust in the Lord's justice and goodness in those times?
- Pray in light of this passage and any applications you've made.
- Sing Grace Greater than All Our Sin to God and to one another.
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1 Samuel 24 | Bible Study Questions
Observation
What does it say?
- What characters are mentioned and how are they described?
- Why was David hiding in a cave?
- Why did Saul go into the cave?
- What repetitions do you notice and what do they tell us?
- How did Saul respond to what David did?
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean?
- Compare and contrast Saul and David here.
- How do they respond to the pressure from other men?
- How do you see David's humility in this chapter?
- Do you think David sinned in what he did? Why or why not?
- What do we learn about God in this chapter?
- What parts of this story point to Jesus and what He's done for us on the cross?
APPLICATION
How should it change us?
- What does it look like for us to "trust in the Lord's judgement and vengeance today?
- Are there ways that you are tempted to take justice into your own hands? (at work, while driving, etc.)
- Why is it so tempting to want to punish people ourselves or to take vengeance ourselves?
- What would it look like to trust in the Lord's justice and goodness in those times?
- Pray in light of this passage and any applications you've made.
- Sing Grace Greater than All Our Sin to God and to one another.